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Monday, August 20, 2007

Accessible diabetes Tracking with SiDiary

SiDiary makes the control of diabetes much easier. Data capturing is a cinch and analysis will
help to improve your therapy.

The key is a profile wizard that will ask a few diabetes related questions and will configure
the software to best fit your personal needs and computer skills. Begin with the more simple screen and add features as you become more familiar with the program. Features include:

Several import-, export- and print functionalities for archiving your data on paper or as a log for
your doctor (Demo)

SINOVO has developed a special mode for SiDiary together with blind diabetics. This mode supports
blind people with diabetes to work with SiDiary in combination with a screenreader (i.e. Virgo, JAWS, Window Eyes etc.) with optimized SiDiary screens. The user can activate a special "blinde-mode" which basically switches relevant screens into a
special layout which is highly optimized for screen readers. All tracked parameters are
composed with a compact layout and with the appropriate shortcuts you can navigate the days and
edit the data. SiDiary also supports the relevant meter devices for blind diabetics: providing a
driver for the GlucoTalk meter and can read (via Accu-Chek Smart Pix) the Accu-Chek Compact
Plus meter which can be configured in an acoustic mode. The driver for the Deltec
CoZmanager (Cozmo insulin pump) completes the package for this target group since the Cozmo is
currently the only insulin pump which can be easily used by blind diabetics.

SiDiary will switch into the blind mode automatically on systems with an installed version of Virgo.
If you are using another screenreader you can activate the special mode within the profile wizard on
the initial startup of the software.

To make things even easier, blind users can use a USB-Stick version with SiDiary. This stick
can be plugged into any desktop computer and does not need a setup or registration. Just plug it and
start to track your data with SiDiary. Of course you can give your health-care-professional the
stick since this media holds all your personal data.

Please note: SiDiary will provide great help for your daily life with diabetes, it
cannot replace consultations with health-care professionals. It can replace your paper log but it cannot give medical advice.

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